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This week on Creannotators, I talk Nuclear Power with co-creators Desiree Proctor and Erica Harrell. We talk alternate histories of the Cuban Missile Crisis, what it’s like in DC Comics’ Talent Workshop, their upcoming Disney+ series, Ultra Violet and Black Scorpion, and much more! On Comic Book Herald’s ‘Creannotators’ I’ll be interviewing some of my favorite creators in comics about specific runs, graphic novels or series, looking for their insights on the inspirations behind the work and ideas or hidden material readers may have missed. Creannotators is an audio annotative guide to enjoying the intricacies and thinking in the art. Thanks for listening, and enjoy the comics! Nuclear Power Is: Writer: Desiree Proctor, Erica Harrell Artist: Lynne Yoshii Publisher: Fanbase Press ——————————————————————————————————- Music for Best Comics Ever by Anthony Weis. Check out more music at anthonyweis.com. Subscribe on iTunes To learn how you can support Best Comics Ever and receive more exclusive content from Comic Book Herald, check out the Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/comicbookherald For the Comic Book Herald reading club through every year of Marvel Comics, check out mymarvelousyear.com The post Creannotators #63: “Nuclear Power” with writers Desiree Proctor & Erica Harrell! appeared first on Comic Book Herald.

Marvel comics of 1993. We talk Venom Lethal Protector and Maximum Carnage! On this episode we cover the following issues (all available via Marvel Unlimited): Venom: Lethal Protector #1 to #6 Venom gets his own miniseries. Maximum Carnage Reading Order Reading Order: Spider-Man Unlimited #1 WoSM #101 AMS #378 Spider-Man #35 SSM #201 WOSM #102 AMS #379 SM #36 SSM #202 WoSM #103 AMS #380 Spider-Man #37 SSM #203 Spider-Man Unlimited #2 Up Next: My Marvelous Year – 1993 Pt. 2 X Factor #87 psych session Deadpool: The Circle Chase #1 to #4 First Deadpool miniseries Cable #1 to #5 Cable gets his own ongoing —————————————————————————————————————— You can find more Marvel Comics guides on Comic Book Herald at: The Complete Marvel reading order mymarvelousyear.com Music for My Marvelous Year is credited to Disasterpeace. Support for My Marvelous Year comes via Patreon backers, for as little as $1 a month. Make sure to subscribe now in order to get every reading list for every year of Marvel Comics! Subscribe to the Podcast! — iTunes, Spotify, Pod Feed If you like the show, please consider leaving a rating or review on iTunes, or your podcast player of choice!, to help us reach more readers & listeners! The post 1993 Pt. 1: Maximum Carnage!!! appeared first on Comic Book Herald.

This week on Creannotators, I talk The Good Asian with writer Pornsak Pichetshote. We talk American history in the book, crime noir influences, and the differences between writing for comics, the TV Arrowverse, and DC feature films. And much more! On Comic Book Herald’s ‘Creannotators’ I’ll be interviewing some of my favorite creators in comics about specific runs, graphic novels or series, looking for their insights on the inspirations behind the work and ideas or hidden material readers may have missed. Creannotators is an audio annotative guide to enjoying the intricacies and thinking in the art. Thanks for listening, and enjoy the comics! The Good Asian Is: Writer: Pornsak Pichetshote Artist: Alexandre Tefenkgi Colors: Lee Loughridge Letters: Jeff Powell Publisher: Image ——————————————————————————————————- Music for Best Comics Ever by Anthony Weis. Check out more music at anthonyweis.com. Subscribe on iTunes To learn how you can support Best Comics Ever and receive more exclusive content from Comic Book Herald, check out the Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/comicbookherald For the Comic Book Herald reading club through every year of Marvel Comics, check out mymarvelousyear.com The post Creannotators #62: “The Good Asian” with writer Pornsak Pichetshote! appeared first on Comic Book Herald.

Charlotte, Dave, and Zack talk Marvel’s What If, comics on Substack, and DC’s The Suicide Squad. Up Next: My Marvelous Year – 1993 Pt. 1 Venom: Lethal Protector #1 to #6 Venom gets his own miniseries. Maximum Carnage Reading Order Reading Order: Spider-Man Unlimited #1 WoSM #101 AMS #378 Spider-Man #35 SSM #201 WOSM #102 AMS #379 SM #36 SSM #202 WoSM #103 AMS #380 Spider-Man #37 SSM #203 Spider-Man Unlimited #2 ————————————————————————————– You can find more Marvel Comics guides on Comic Book Herald at: mymarvelousyear.com https://www.comicbookherald.com/the-complete-marvel-reading-order-guide/ Music for My Marvelous Year is credited to Disasterpeace. Support for My Marvelous Year comes via Patreon backers, for as little as $1 a month. Make sure to subscribe now in order to get every reading list for every year of Marvel Comics! Subscribe to the Podcast! — iTunes, Google Play, Pod Feed If you like the show, please consider leaving a rating or review on iTunes, or your podcast player of choice!, to help us reach more readers & listeners! The post 1992 Variant Cover C: What If Suicide Squad Was A Substack Comic? appeared first on Comic Book Herald.

On my weekly livestream, Casual Krakoa Live, I review the week’s X-Men comics, and answer big questions about what’s going on with Marvel’s merry mutants! You can listen or watch below: This week’s Casual Krakoa will answer: + Who’s coming to the X-Office after Hickman? + What’s up with X-Men continuity now? + What does Isaac Asimov have to do with X-Men? This week’s Comics: New Mutants #22, Hellions #16, Excalibur #24 The post Casual Krakoa: New Mutants #22, Excalibur #24, Hellions #16 Reviews! appeared first on Comic Book Herald.

This week on Creannotators, I talk Glorious Wrestling Alliance with cartoonist Josh Hicks. We talk wrestling inspirations, bringing the years-in-the-making graphic novel together in one cohesive story, and what it’s like to make a music video for the Foo Fighters. And much more! On Comic Book Herald’s ‘Creannotators’ I’ll be interviewing some of my favorite creators in comics about specific runs, graphic novels or series, looking for their insights on the inspirations behind the work and ideas or hidden material readers may have missed. Creannotators is an audio annotative guide to enjoying the intricacies and thinking in the art. Thanks for listening, and enjoy the comics! Glorious Wresting Alliance Is: Creator: Josh Hicks ——————————————————————————————————- Music for Best Comics Ever by Anthony Weis. Check out more music at anthonyweis.com. Subscribe on iTunes To learn how you can support Best Comics Ever and receive more exclusive content from Comic Book Herald, check out the Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/comicbookherald For the Comic Book Herald reading club through every year of Marvel Comics, check out mymarvelousyear.com The post Creannotators #61: “Glorious Wrestling Alliance” with creator Josh Hicks! appeared first on Comic Book Herald.

Marvel comics of 1992. Zack and guest Al Kennedy (House to Astonish) talk Spider-Man 2099, the debut of Carnage, and a Wolverine one-shot! For more Al Kennedy: Twitter On this episode we cover the following issues (all available via Marvel Unlimited): Spider-Man 2099 #1 to #2, #3 Amazing Spider-Man #361 to #363 Wolverine: Inner Fury 50 page oneshot Up Next: My Marvelous Year – 1993 Pt. 1 Venom: Lethal Protector #1 to #6 Venom gets his own miniseries. Maximum Carnage Reading Order Reading Order: Spider-Man Unlimited #1 WoSM #101 AMS #378 Spider-Man #35 SSM #201 WOSM #102 AMS #379 SM #36 SSM #202 WoSM #103 AMS #380 Spider-Man #37 SSM #203 Spider-Man Unlimited #2 —————————————————————————————————————— You can find more Marvel Comics guides on Comic Book Herald at: The Complete Marvel reading order mymarvelousyear.com Music for My Marvelous Year is credited to Disasterpeace. Support for My Marvelous Year comes via Patreon backers, for as little as $1 a month. Make sure to subscribe now in order to get every reading list for every year of Marvel Comics! Subscribe to the Podcast! — iTunes, Spotify, Pod Feed If you like the show, please consider leaving a rating or review on iTunes, or your podcast player of choice!, to help us reach more readers & listeners! The post 1992 Pt. 7: Spider-Man 2099 & Carnage! (W/ Al Kennedy!) appeared first on Comic Book Herald.

Zack, and special guest Monika Estrella Negra continue their coverage of the Ultimate Marvel line of comics! You can find Monika at: https://twitter.com/negramonika1 https://authory.com/monikaestrellanegra Topics discussed include: * Why doesn’t Ultimate Fantastic Four work? * Has any comic wasted Thanos more than this? * Cable Logan is cool. Not a question, just a statement. Comics covered in this episode: – Ultimate X-Men #75-80 – Ultimate Fantastic Four #33-46 Up Next for Episode Eighteen (04/01/21): – Ultimate Vision #1-5 – Ultimate Spider-Man #106-117 You can find more Marvel Comics guides on Comic Book Herald at: mymarvelousyear.com https://www.comicbookherald.com/the-complete-marvel-reading-order-guide/ultimate-marvel-universe-reading-order/ Music for My Ultimate Year is credited to By Divine Right. Support for My Marvelous Year comes via Patreon backers, for as little as $1 a month. Make sure to subscribe now in order to get every reading list for every year of Marvel Comics! Subscribe to the Podcast! — iTunes, Google Play If you like the show, please consider leaving a rating or review to help us reach more readers & listeners! The post MUY #17: Ultimate Thanos (W/ Monika Estrella Negra!) appeared first on Comic Book Herald.

I’m joined by Ernie (BlerdWithout Fear) and Verno (The Cerebros) to talk all things X-Men: Inferno #1, the kickoff to the Jonathan Hickman written event from Marvel Comics! We talk in depth about the issue’s story, theories about what it means for X-Men Comics, and all things Hickman X-Men! Spoilers will follow! The post Krakin’ Krakoa #200: Inferno #1 Post-Game Report (LIVE w/ BlerdWithoutFear & Cerebros!) appeared first on Comic Book Herald.

This week on Creannotators, I talk Abominable Charles Christopher, Gotham Academy, Isola and more with creator Karl Kerschl. We talk what inspires the longrunning Eisner winning Abominable Charles Christopher, the philosophy behind Karl’s subscription website for his comics, when Isola may return, and much more! On Comic Book Herald’s ‘Creannotators’ I’ll be interviewing some of my favorite creators in comics about specific runs, graphic novels or series, looking for their insights on the inspirations behind the work and ideas or hidden material readers may have missed. Creannotators is an audio annotative guide to enjoying the intricacies and thinking in the art. Thanks for listening, and enjoy the comics! Abominable Charles Christopher Is: Creator: Karl Kerschl ——————————————————————————————————- Music for Best Comics Ever by Anthony Weis. Check out more music at anthonyweis.com. Subscribe on iTunes To learn how you can support Best Comics Ever and receive more exclusive content from Comic Book Herald, check out the Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/comicbookherald For the Comic Book Herald reading club through every year of Marvel Comics, check out mymarvelousyear.com The post Creannotators #60: “The Abominable Charles Christopher” with Karl Kerschl! appeared first on Comic Book Herald.

Marvel comics of 1992. Zack and guest David Brothers (Mangasplaining) talk X-Men: X-Cutioner’s Song! For more David Brothers: Twitter On this episode we cover the following issues (all available via Marvel Unlimited): X-Cutioner’s Song Reading Order: Cable: Blood & Metal #1 to #2, Uncanny X-Men #294, X-Factor #84, X-Men #14, X-Force #16, Uncanny X-Men #295, X-Factor #85, X-Men #15, X-Force #17, Uncanny X-Men #296, X-Factor #86, X-Men #16, X-Force #18, Uncanny X-Men #297 Up Next: My Marvelous Year – 1992 Pt. 7 Spider-Man 2099 #1 to #2, #3 Amazing Spider-Man #361 to #363 Wolverine: Inner Fury 50 page oneshot —————————————————————————————————————— You can find more Marvel Comics guides on Comic Book Herald at: The Complete Marvel reading order mymarvelousyear.com Music for My Marvelous Year is credited to Disasterpeace. Support for My Marvelous Year comes via Patreon backers, for as little as $1 a month. Make sure to subscribe now in order to get every reading list for every year of Marvel Comics! Subscribe to the Podcast! — iTunes, Spotify, Pod Feed If you like the show, please consider leaving a rating or review on iTunes, or your podcast player of choice!, to help us reach more readers & listeners! The post 1992 Pt. 6: X-Cutioner’s Song! (W/ David Brothers!) appeared first on Comic Book Herald.

What is Inferno? The X-Men event series promises to deliver answer to many of the mysteries throughout the past two plus years of X-Men stories. Likewise, the theme of the event promos is that secrets, lies, and betrayals will rule the day, as allies, enemies, and leaders alike can’t be trusted. The mutant nation of Krakoa has offered the promise of paradise for mutantkind, but it’s likely that here in Inferno we’ll see that promises come burning to the ground. Marvel is perpetually teasing that an “Event changes everything,” but there’s a real sense with Inferno that it will genuinely change the landscape of what we can come to expect from X-Men comics in 2022. Spoilers for discussed comics may follow! For the full X-Men Inferno (2021) Reading Order The post The Road to X-Men Inferno (2021) | Krakin’ Krakoa #197 appeared first on Comic Book Herald.

Dave, Charlotte, and Zack rewatch Sam Raimi’s 2002 Spider-Man ahead of 2021’s Spider-Man: No Way Home! Up Next: My Marvelous Year – 1992 Pt. 6 — X-Cutioner’s Song Reading Order: Reading Order: Cable: Blood & Metal #1 to #2, Uncanny X-Men #294, X-Factor #84, X-Men #14, X-Force #16, Uncanny X-Men #295, X-Factor #85, X-Men #15, X-Force #17, Uncanny X-Men #296, X-Factor #86, X-Men #16, X-Force #18, Uncanny X-Men #297 ————————————————————————————– You can find more Marvel Comics guides on Comic Book Herald at: mymarvelousyear.com https://www.comicbookherald.com/the-complete-marvel-reading-order-guide/ Music for My Marvelous Year is credited to Disasterpeace. Support for My Marvelous Year comes via Patreon backers, for as little as $1 a month. Make sure to subscribe now in order to get every reading list for every year of Marvel Comics! Subscribe to the Podcast! — iTunes, Google Play, Pod Feed If you like the show, please consider leaving a rating or review on iTunes, or your podcast player of choice!, to help us reach more readers & listeners! The post Spider-Man (2002) Movie Rewatch! appeared first on Comic Book Herald.

In July 2019, writer Jonathan Hickman returned to the Marvel Universe after a nearly 4 year sabbatical to deliver House of X #1, a game-changing paradigm shift for Marvel’s X-Men comics. With collaborators Pepe Larraz, RB Silva, and Marte Gracia, Hickman completely reinvigorated X-Men and the fandom that surrounds it. After the massive success of House of X and Powers of X, Hickman turned to an ongoing X-Men series, set during the new status quo of the X-Men’s Krakoa era, a run that lasted from Fall 2019 through summer 2021. Looking back at the full run now, what did we learn, what mysteries still remain, and how effective was Jonathan Hickman’s X-Men as a whole? Before digging deep into the content, it’s essential to preface the conversation with the following: Jonathan Hickman’s post House/Powers X-Men comics are strikingly scattered, often to the point of feeling wholly disconnected. Over the course of about a year and a half (with a Covid pandemic disruption square in the middle), Hickman wrote or co-wrote 35 full issues of X-Men comics, including the 5 “Giant-Size” specials, and two very short teasers in Marvel Incoming #1 and Marvel 1000. In the below Comic Book Herald graphic, I’ve reconfigured the run into thematically connected parts, which you’ll quickly note is greatly different than publication order. Personally, I find it more enjoyable to read the comics like this, grouped into related segments, but admittedly this is with the benefit of having read the full run according to publication as the books were released. The major caveat w/ the above is I still think you’d want to read X-Men #1 and X-Men #4 as your first post HoX issues, but beyond that, reading according to segment works great. Regardless of approach, the core takeaway should be there are 5 primary focuses of the Hickman run, tackling the “World of X” (aka Krakoan affairs), “Arakko and the X of Swords event” (aka the Apocalypse family saga), Nimrod & Mystique, the Children of the Vault, and X-Men Cosmic (which resonates most clearly with Hickman’s work on New Mutants.) This is the framework I’ll be using to consider what actually happened in this run, what questions remain unanswered, and where we’re going from here. In terms of framing, Hickman’s work on the X-Men series is primarily through the lens of Cyclops, Scott Summers, as he travels and interacts with various elements of the newly established Krakoa. X-Men #1 opens with Professor X promising to show Scott his vision for mutantdom, and through much of the run, we’re experiencing that in a similar way, our eyes opened to the new world of X-Men on Krakoa. From the first issue, Hickman is set on proclaiming this is a bold new era of X-Men comics after too many years of slow incremental changes. 12 of the 21 issues closely involve Cyclops, and indeed, in his pre-Inferno interview with AIPT, Hickman states this was the original focused intent of the run. This very much speaks to the scattered nature of the work, keener on showing a variety of aspects and threads with Marvel’s many mutants than any one centralized plot. Hickman’s World of X One of the promises of House of X and the Krakoa era of X-Men is seeing how this new status quo would manifest across the wider Marvel Universe, and how mutants declaring a sovereign nation state FOR ALL MUTANTS would impact everything from political alliances, to world economies to anti-mutant sentiment. Likewise, the stage is set for the truly fascinating exploration of building a nation in its earliest days, and all the complications that brings to the table. Krakoa announces this is a mutant nation with tremendous pharmaceutical advantages, and that leads to unprecedented financial power for mutantkind. This is the driving force for the best issue delving into Krakoan Affairs, X-Men #4, in which Professor X, Magneto, Apocalypse, Scott Summers and Gorgon visit Davos, Switzerland for a conversation w/ the world’s foremost economic titans. X-Men #4 stands out as such a great entry because of the ways it parallels real world power, governance, and as Hickman is fond of asserting, the ways the hidden hands of economics controls people. I don’t think it’s any kind of stretch to say X-Men #4 is the most directly politically and socially relevant issue of the run, and arguably the only issue where Hickman leans hard into the mutant metaphor and extensions to marginalized communities. Magneto deliberately and clearly lays out the strategy for mutantkind, making it clear that were once force would have dictated his actions, now mutants have learned dominance can be best achieved through money, and the control that brings, and the way it will define mutant influence of all aspects on Earth. Ironically, Magneto makes no bones that the strategy is a human one at heart, and that’s why it’s so resonant outside the fiction of mutantkind. Turn on the news any given day, and you’ll see countless examples of these lines: “Leverage people w/ debt. Ma

Dave and Matt Draper talk all things Spawn by Todd McFarlane, and the ’92 Image Comics launch! Find Matt on Twitter! Up Next: My Marvelous Year – 1992 Pt. 6 — X-Cutioner’s Song Reading Order: Reading Order: Cable: Blood & Metal #1 to #2, Uncanny X-Men #294, X-Factor #84, X-Men #14, X-Force #16, Uncanny X-Men #295, X-Factor #85, X-Men #15, X-Force #17, Uncanny X-Men #296, X-Factor #86, X-Men #16, X-Force #18, Uncanny X-Men #297 ————————————————————————————– You can find more Marvel Comics guides on Comic Book Herald at: mymarvelousyear.com https://www.comicbookherald.com/the-complete-marvel-reading-order-guide/ Music for My Marvelous Year is credited to Disasterpeace. Support for My Marvelous Year comes via Patreon backers, for as little as $1 a month. Make sure to subscribe now in order to get every reading list for every year of Marvel Comics! Subscribe to the Podcast! — iTunes, Google Play, Pod Feed If you like the show, please consider leaving a rating or review on iTunes, or your podcast player of choice!, to help us reach more readers & listeners! The post 1992 Variant Cover B(+): SPAWN! appeared first on Comic Book Herald.

Zack & Charlotte Fierro talk all things Shang-Chi and the fighting prowess of the MMY hosts! Find Charlotte on Twitter! Topics discussed include: Listener questions! Find the MMY shared universe Wiki here: https://my-marvelous-year.fandom.com/wiki/Category:Patron_characters Up Next: My Marvelous Year – 1992 Pt. 6 — X-Cutioner’s Song Reading Order: Reading Order: Cable: Blood & Metal #1 to #2, Uncanny X-Men #294, X-Factor #84, X-Men #14, X-Force #16, Uncanny X-Men #295, X-Factor #85, X-Men #15, X-Force #17, Uncanny X-Men #296, X-Factor #86, X-Men #16, X-Force #18, Uncanny X-Men #297 ————————————————————————————– You can find more Marvel Comics guides on Comic Book Herald at: mymarvelousyear.com https://www.comicbookherald.com/the-complete-marvel-reading-order-guide/ Music for My Marvelous Year is credited to Disasterpeace. Support for My Marvelous Year comes via Patreon backers, for as little as $1 a month. Make sure to subscribe now in order to get every reading list for every year of Marvel Comics! Subscribe to the Podcast! — iTunes, Google Play, Pod Feed If you like the show, please consider leaving a rating or review on iTunes, or your podcast player of choice!, to help us reach more readers & listeners! The post 1992 Variant Cover B: Shang-Chi MCU Movie Review! appeared first on Comic Book Herald.

This week on Creannotators, I talk Way of X with writer Si Surrier. We talk about writing X-Men characters like Nightcrawler and Legion, what to expect from the X-Office after Jonathan Hickman’s departure, and Spurrier’s long comics career including Hellblazer. On Comic Book Herald’s ‘Creannotators’ I’ll be interviewing some of my favorite creators in comics about specific runs, graphic novels or series, looking for their insights on the inspirations behind the work and ideas or hidden material readers may have missed. Creannotators is an audio annotative guide to enjoying the intricacies and thinking in the art. Thanks for listening, and enjoy the comics! Way of X Is: Writer: Si Spurrier Artist: Bob Quinn Colors: Java Tartaglia ——————————————————————————————————- Music for Best Comics Ever by Anthony Weis. Check out more music at anthonyweis.com. Subscribe on iTunes To learn how you can support Best Comics Ever and receive more exclusive content from Comic Book Herald, check out the Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/comicbookherald For the Comic Book Herald reading club through every year of Marvel Comics, check out mymarvelousyear.com The post Creannotators #59: “Way of X” with Si Spurrier! appeared first on Comic Book Herald.

Zack, Dave, and special guest Monika Estrella Negra continue their coverage of the Ultimate Marvel line of comics! You can find Monika at: https://twitter.com/negramonika1 https://authory.com/monikaestrellanegra Topics discussed include: * Does Ultimate Annual #2 take enough care with its subject matter? * Why is Greg Land? * Why does the Ultimate U have a hard time with events (and did BMB crack it with his version of the Clone Saga)? Comics covered in this episode: -Ultimates Annual #2 -Ultimate Power #1-9 -Ultimate Spider-Man #97-105 Up Next for Episode Seventeen (03/01/21): -Ultimate X-Men #75-80 -Ultimate Fantastic Four #33-46 You can find more Marvel Comics guides on Comic Book Herald at: mymarvelousyear.com https://www.comicbookherald.com/the-complete-marvel-reading-order-guide/ultimate-marvel-universe-reading-order/ Music for My Ultimate Year is credited to By Divine Right. Support for My Marvelous Year comes via Patreon backers, for as little as $1 a month. Make sure to subscribe now in order to get every reading list for every year of Marvel Comics! Subscribe to the Podcast! — iTunes, Google Play If you like the show, please consider leaving a rating or review to help us reach more readers & listeners! The post MUY #16: Ultimate Powers & Clone Sagas (W/ Monika Estrella Negra!) appeared first on Comic Book Herald.

This week on Creannotators, I talk Banned Book Club with co-writer Ryan Estrada. We talk about the production of Banned Book Club, the increase in American-awareness of Korean comics, and Ryan’s comics career. On Comic Book Herald’s ‘Creannotators’ I’ll be interviewing some of my favorite creators in comics about specific runs, graphic novels or series, looking for their insights on the inspirations behind the work and ideas or hidden material readers may have missed. Creannotators is an audio annotative guide to enjoying the intricacies and thinking in the art. Thanks for listening, and enjoy the comics! Banned Book Club Is: Writers: Kim Hyun Sook, Ryan Estrada Artist: Hyung-Ju Ko Publisher: Iron Circus Comics ——————————————————————————————————- Music for Best Comics Ever by Anthony Weis. Check out more music at anthonyweis.com. Subscribe on iTunes To learn how you can support Best Comics Ever and receive more exclusive content from Comic Book Herald, check out the Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/comicbookherald For the Comic Book Herald reading club through every year of Marvel Comics, check out mymarvelousyear.com The post Creannotators #58: “Banned Book Club” with Ryan Estrada! appeared first on Comic Book Herald.

Marvel comics of 1992. Dave returns to talk all things ’92 X-Men with Zach! On this episode we cover the following issues (all available via Marvel Unlimited): Uncanny X-Men #287, #288 Bishop and his future timeline X-Men #4 to #8 Omega Red and Bishop, before X-Cutioner’s Song Alpha Flight #106 Northstar comes out as gay Excalibur #50 Added by Patreon backer Dustin C. Up Next: My Marvelous Year – 1992 Pt. 6 X-Cutioner’s Song Reading Order: Cable: Blood & Metal #1 to #2, Uncanny X-Men #294, X-Factor #84, X-Men #14, X-Force #16, Uncanny X-Men #295, X-Factor #85, X-Men #15, X-Force #17, Uncanny X-Men #296, X-Factor #86, X-Men #16, X-Force #18, Uncanny X-Men #297 —————————————————————————————————————— You can find more Marvel Comics guides on Comic Book Herald at: The Complete Marvel reading order mymarvelousyear.com Music for My Marvelous Year is credited to Disasterpeace. Support for My Marvelous Year comes via Patreon backers, for as little as $1 a month. Make sure to subscribe now in order to get every reading list for every year of Marvel Comics! Subscribe to the Podcast! — iTunes, Spotify, Pod Feed If you like the show, please consider leaving a rating or review on iTunes, or your podcast player of choice!, to help us reach more readers & listeners! The post 1992 Pt. 5: Bishop, Omega Red, & Northstar Coming Out! appeared first on Comic Book Herald.

Marvel comics of 1992. Jim Starlin’s Infinity Gauntlet sequel… Infinity War! Find Charlotte on Twitter! On this episode we cover the following issues (all available via Marvel Unlimited): Warlock and the Infinity Watch 1 to 2 Added by Patreon backer Johannes Infinity War #1 to #6 Reading Order. Concentrate on Warlock and the Infinity Watch tie-ins (issues #7 to #10 included on MU). Up Next: My Marvelous Year – 1992 Pt. 4 X-Factor #75 to #78 Sinister, Stryfe and A mutant cure Incredible Hulk #397 to #400 ghosts of the past Hulk: Future Imperfect #1 to #2 Technically the second part was published in Jan ’93. Peter David’s most well known Hulk work. —————————————————————————————————————— You can find more Marvel Comics guides on Comic Book Herald at: The Complete Marvel reading order mymarvelousyear.com Music for My Marvelous Year is credited to Disasterpeace. Support for My Marvelous Year comes via Patreon backers, for as little as $1 a month. Make sure to subscribe now in order to get every reading list for every year of Marvel Comics! Subscribe to the Podcast! — iTunes, Spotify, Pod Feed If you like the show, please consider leaving a rating or review on iTunes, or your podcast player of choice!, to help us reach more readers & listeners! The post 1992 Pt. 3: Infinity War Event (w/ guest Charlotte Fierro)! appeared first on Comic Book Herald.

This week on Creannotators, I talk Action Tank with writer Mike Barry. We talk about self-publishing Action Tank in Australia, the print launch with Scout’s Scoot imprint, and writing for younger comics readers, and much more! On Comic Book Herald’s ‘Creannotators’ I’ll be interviewing some of my favorite creators in comics about specific runs, graphic novels or series, looking for their insights on the inspirations behind the work and ideas or hidden material readers may have missed. Creannotators is an audio annotative guide to enjoying the intricacies and thinking in the art. Thanks for listening, and enjoy the comics! Action Tank Is: Creator: Mike Barry Publisher: Scout Comics (Scoot) ——————————————————————————————————- Music for Best Comics Ever by Anthony Weis. Check out more music at anthonyweis.com. Subscribe on iTunes To learn how you can support Best Comics Ever and receive more exclusive content from Comic Book Herald, check out the Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/comicbookherald For the Comic Book Herald reading club through every year of Marvel Comics, check out mymarvelousyear.com The post Creannotators #57: “Action Tank” with Creator Mike Barry! appeared first on Comic Book Herald.

Marvel comics of 1992. A Peter David comicspalooza including Hulk: Future Imperfect with George Perez! Find Tiffany on Twitter! On this episode we cover the following issues (all available via Marvel Unlimited): X-Factor #75 to #78 Sinister, Stryfe and A mutant cure Incredible Hulk #397 to #400 ghosts of the past Hulk: Future Imperfect #1 to #2 Technically the second part was published in Jan ’93. Peter David’s most well known Hulk work. Up Next: My Marvelous Year – 1992 Pt. 5 Uncanny X-Men #287, #288 Bishop and his future timeline X-Men #4 to #8 Omega Red and Bishop, before X-Cutioner’s Song Alpha Flight #106 Northstar comes out as gay Excalibur #50 Added by Patreon backer Dustin C. —————————————————————————————————————— You can find more Marvel Comics guides on Comic Book Herald at: The Complete Marvel reading order mymarvelousyear.com Music for My Marvelous Year is credited to Disasterpeace. Support for My Marvelous Year comes via Patreon backers, for as little as $1 a month. Make sure to subscribe now in order to get every reading list for every year of Marvel Comics! Subscribe to the Podcast! — iTunes, Spotify, Pod Feed If you like the show, please consider leaving a rating or review on iTunes, or your podcast player of choice!, to help us reach more readers & listeners! The post 1992 Pt. 4: Hulk Future Imperfect & More (w/ guest Tiffany Babb)! appeared first on Comic Book Herald.

This week on Creannotators, I talk Championess, one of my favorite comics of 2021, with the graphic novel’s co-writers Kelly Zekas and Tarun Shanker. We talk researching Elizabeth Wilkinson, the female bare knuckle boxer in 18th century London, the importance of intersectional gender, race and class in the narrative, and creating a graphic novel for Legendary Comics’ new YA line of comics. On Comic Book Herald’s ‘Creannotators’ I’ll be interviewing some of my favorite creators in comics about specific runs, graphic novels or series, looking for their insights on the inspirations behind the work and ideas or hidden material readers may have missed. Creannotators is an audio annotative guide to enjoying the intricacies and thinking in the art. Thanks for listening, and enjoy the comics! Championess Is: Writers: Kelly Zekas, Tarun Shanker Artist: Amanda Perez Puentes Publisher: Legendary Comics ——————————————————————————————————- Music for Best Comics Ever by Anthony Weis. Check out more music at anthonyweis.com. Subscribe on iTunes To learn how you can support Best Comics Ever and receive more exclusive content from Comic Book Herald, check out the Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/comicbookherald For the Comic Book Herald reading club through every year of Marvel Comics, check out mymarvelousyear.com The post Creannotators #56: “Championess” with Co-Writers Kelly Zekas & Tarun Shanker! appeared first on Comic Book Herald.

Zack & special guest Charlotte Fierro talk all things Spider-Man The Animated Series! Find Charlotte on Twitter! Topics discussed include: Listener questions! Find the MMY shared universe Wiki here: https://my-marvelous-year.fandom.com/wiki/Category:Patron_characters Up Next: My Marvelous Year – 1992 Pt. 3 — Warlock and the Infinity Watch 1 to 2 Infinity War #1 to #6 ————————————————————————————– You can find more Marvel Comics guides on Comic Book Herald at: mymarvelousyear.com https://www.comicbookherald.com/the-complete-marvel-reading-order-guide/ Music for My Marvelous Year is credited to Disasterpeace. Support for My Marvelous Year comes via Patreon backers, for as little as $1 a month. Make sure to subscribe now in order to get every reading list for every year of Marvel Comics! Subscribe to the Podcast! — iTunes, Google Play, Pod Feed If you like the show, please consider leaving a rating or review on iTunes, or your podcast player of choice!, to help us reach more readers & listeners! The post 1992 Variant Cover A: 90’s Spider-Man The Animated Series appeared first on Comic Book Herald.

Marvel comics of 1992. Captain America gets turned into a werewolf, and the War Machine armor debuts in Iron Man! Find more from Chris Sims. On this episode we cover the following issues (all available via Marvel Unlimited): Iron Man #282 to #287 War Machine! Captain America #402 to #407 Cap Wolf. Up Next: My Marvelous Year – 1992 Pt. 3 Warlock and the Infinity Watch 1 to 2 Added by Patreon backer Johannes Infinity War #1 to #6 Reading Order. Concentrate on Warlock and the Infinity Watch tie-ins (issues #7 to #10 included on MU). —————————————————————————————————————— You can find more Marvel Comics guides on Comic Book Herald at: The Complete Marvel reading order mymarvelousyear.com Music for My Marvelous Year is credited to Disasterpeace. Support for My Marvelous Year comes via Patreon backers, for as little as $1 a month. Make sure to subscribe now in order to get every reading list for every year of Marvel Comics! Subscribe to the Podcast! — iTunes, Spotify, Pod Feed If you like the show, please consider leaving a rating or review on iTunes, or your podcast player of choice!, to help us reach more readers & listeners! The post 1992 Pt. 2: CapWolf & War Machine (w/ guest Chris Sims)! appeared first on Comic Book Herald.

Zack & Dave continue their coverage of the Ultimate Marvel line of comics! Topics discussed include: * Which characters in the Ultimate Universe can compete against the 616 versions? * What other writers do we fancast to work in the Ultimate U.? * Why are there so many dang wiseacres in these comics?! Show some respect, teens! Comics covered in this episode: -Ultimate Spider-Man #86-96 -Ultimate Spider-Man Annual #2 -Ultimate X-Men / Fantastic Four #1 -Ultimate Fantastic Four/X-Men #2 -Ultimate Fantastic Four #27-32 -Ultimate Fantastic Four Annual #2 Up Next for Episode Fifteen (02/01/21): -Ultimates Annual #2 -Ultimate Power #1-9 -Ultimate Spider-Man #97-105 You can find more Marvel Comics guides on Comic Book Herald at: mymarvelousyear.com https://www.comicbookherald.com/the-complete-marvel-reading-order-guide/ultimate-marvel-universe-reading-order/ Music for My Ultimate Year is credited to By Divine Right. Support for My Marvelous Year comes via Patreon backers, for as little as $1 a month. Make sure to subscribe now in order to get every reading list for every year of Marvel Comics! Subscribe to the Podcast! — iTunes, Google Play If you like the show, please consider leaving a rating or review to help us reach more readers & listeners! The post MUY #15: Ultimate Spider-Man & Fantastic Four/X-Men Crossover! appeared first on Comic Book Herald.

Marvel comics of 1992. In which I make Zack read the enormous Marvel crossover, Avengers: Operation Galactic Storm bahahahaha! On this episode we cover the following issues (all available via Marvel Unlimited): Avengers: Galactic Storm Reading Order: Captain America #398, Avengers West Coast #80, Quasar #32, Wonder Man #7, Avengers #345, Iron Man #278, Thor #445, Captain America #399, Avengers West Coast #81, Quasar #33, Wonder Man #8, Avengers #346, Iron Man #279, Thor #446, Captain America #400, Avengers West Coast #82, Quasar #34, Wonder Man #9, Avengers #347, Quasar #35, Captain America #401 Up Next: My Marvelous Year – 1992 Pt. 2 Iron Man #282 to #287 War Machine! Captain America #402 to #407 Cap Wolf. —————————————————————————————————————— You can find more Marvel Comics guides on Comic Book Herald at: The Complete Marvel reading order mymarvelousyear.com Music for My Marvelous Year is credited to Disasterpeace. Support for My Marvelous Year comes via Patreon backers, for as little as $1 a month. Make sure to subscribe now in order to get every reading list for every year of Marvel Comics! Subscribe to the Podcast! — iTunes, Spotify, Pod Feed If you like the show, please consider leaving a rating or review on iTunes, or your podcast player of choice!, to help us reach more readers & listeners! The post 1992 Pt. 1: Avengers Operation Galactic Storm appeared first on Comic Book Herald.

Zack & special guest Charlotte Fierro talk all things X-Men The Animated Series! Find Charlotte on Twitter! Topics discussed include: Listener questions! Find the MMY shared universe Wiki here: https://my-marvelous-year.fandom.com/wiki/Category:Patron_characters Up Next: My Marvelous Year – 1992 Pt. 1 — Avengers: Galactic Storm Reading Order: Captain America #398, Avengers West Coast #80, Quasar #32, Wonder Man #7, Avengers #345, Iron Man #278, Thor #445, Captain America #399, Avengers West Coast #81, Quasar #33, Wonder Man #8, Avengers #346, Iron Man #279, Thor #446, Captain America #400, Avengers West Coast #82, Quasar #34, Wonder Man #9, Avengers #347, Quasar #35, Captain America #401 ————————————————————————————– You can find more Marvel Comics guides on Comic Book Herald at: mymarvelousyear.com https://www.comicbookherald.com/the-complete-marvel-reading-order-guide/ Music for My Marvelous Year is credited to Disasterpeace. Support for My Marvelous Year comes via Patreon backers, for as little as $1 a month. Make sure to subscribe now in order to get every reading list for every year of Marvel Comics! Subscribe to the Podcast! — iTunes, Google Play, Pod Feed If you like the show, please consider leaving a rating or review on iTunes, or your podcast player of choice!, to help us reach more readers & listeners! The post 1991 Variant Cover C: 90’s X-Men The Animated Series appeared first on Comic Book Herald.

This week on Creannotators, I talk Cyclopedia Exotica, one of my favorite comics of 2021, with comics creator Aminder Dhaliwal. We talk the impact of the Cyclops metaphor as satire, transitioning from Instagram comic to finished graphic novel, what’s next for Woman World on TV, and much more. On Comic Book Herald’s ‘Creannotators’ I’ll be interviewing some of my favorite creators in comics about specific runs, graphic novels or series, looking for their insights on the inspirations behind the work and ideas or hidden material readers may have missed. Creannotators is an audio annotative guide to enjoying the intricacies and thinking in the art. Thanks for listening, and enjoy the comics! Cyclopedia Exotica Is: Writer/Artist: Aminder Dhaliwal Publisher: Drawn & Quarterly ——————————————————————————————————- Music for Best Comics Ever by Anthony Weis. Check out more music at anthonyweis.com. Subscribe on iTunes To learn how you can support Best Comics Ever and receive more exclusive content from Comic Book Herald, check out the Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/comicbookherald For the Comic Book Herald reading club through every year of Marvel Comics, check out mymarvelousyear.com The post Creannotators #55: “Cyclopedia Exotica” with Aminder Dhaliwal! appeared first on Comic Book Herald.

Marvel comics of 1991. End of an era for Daredevil, “The Souls of Cyberfolk” in Deathlok, a Venom vs Avengers graphic novel, and thank heavens, the Steve Ditko created debut of Marvel’s Squirrel Girl! On this episode we cover the following issues (all available via Marvel Unlimited): Daredevil 288-291 Zack and Dave wear each other’s clothes. End of the Nocenti run. Deathlok (1991) 2 to 5 Mcduffie, Denys Cowan, and Doctor Doom is INVOLVED Avengers: Deathtrap – The Vault OGN Simple but I liked it? Shouts to my guy Danny Fingeroth Marvel Super Heroes #8 First Appearance of Squirrel Girl! Added by Patreon backer Johannes K.! Up Next: My Marvelous Year – 1992 Pt. 1 Avengers: Galactic Storm Reading Order: Captain America #398, Avengers West Coast #80, Quasar #32, Wonder Man #7, Avengers #345, Iron Man #278, Thor #445, Captain America #399, Avengers West Coast #81, Quasar #33, Wonder Man #8, Avengers #346, Iron Man #279, Thor #446, Captain America #400, Avengers West Coast #82, Quasar #34, Wonder Man #9, Avengers #347, Quasar #35, Captain America #401 You can find more Marvel Comics guides on Comic Book Herald at:—————————————————————————————————————— The Complete Marvel reading order mymarvelousyear.com Music for My Marvelous Year is credited to Disasterpeace. Support for My Marvelous Year comes via Patreon backers, for as little as $1 a month. Make sure to subscribe now in order to get every reading list for every year of Marvel Comics! Subscribe to the Podcast! — iTunes, Spotify, Pod Feed If you like the show, please consider leaving a rating or review on iTunes, or your podcast player of choice!, to help us reach more readers & listeners! The post 1991 Pt. 7: Nocenti Daredevil, McDuffie Deathlok & SQUIRREL GIRL appeared first on Comic Book Herald.

This week on Creannotators, I talk Wake: The Hidden History of Women-Led Slave Revolts with writer and historian Dr. Rebecca Hall. We talk about what it means to live in the wake of slavery, the process of converting historical research to a graphic novel, and much more. On Comic Book Herald’s ‘Creannotators’ I’ll be interviewing some of my favorite creators in comics about specific runs, graphic novels or series, looking for their insights on the inspirations behind the work and ideas or hidden material readers may have missed. Creannotators is an audio annotative guide to enjoying the intricacies and thinking in the art. Thanks for listening, and enjoy the comics! Learn more at: https://rebhallphd.org/ Wake: The Hidden History of Women-Led Slave Revolts Is: Writer: Dr. Rebecca Hall Artist: Hugo Martinez Publisher: Simon and Schuster Selected portions of our conversation follow, and have been edited for clarity. CBH: Early in Wake, there’s a visual of you in in present day New York mirrored against the colonial years essentially, in the puddles in the streets. As your first time scripting a comic, or graphic novel of this length, you know, can you talk about how you collaborated on visuals and depicting these scenes with illustrator Hugo Martinez, what was that process? Dr. Rebecca Hall: You know, I had only ever written and published in academia before. So I’m, even though I read graphic novels and love the medium, writing for a visual medium was not something I’ve ever done before. And when I tried to find resources that could teach me how to do it, you know, like, that’s kind of my approach, like find 20 books and read them. There really is very little out there on writing for this medium if you’re not the artist as well, so the process of collaborating with an artist, we ended up having to wing it really. And it was also, you know, Hugo’s first big project. I mean, I think he had done some web comics before. So it was really kind of a learning curve for all of us. I got an appreciation for how much work each page was, you know, each page had multiple storyboards, multiple pencils. You know, some are harder than others. It’s not like a normal thing to turn your dissertation into a graphic novel. And so some of these concepts were pretty hard to figure out how to convey visually. So some were harder than others, but all of it was a lot of work. CBH: How did you know then that comics were the right medium for this story? Dr. Rebecca Hall: I’ve always been a fan of the genre and how powerful it can be. You know, particularly for me, two books that really resonate with me art is Art Spiegelman’s Maus, and then the graphic novel Persepolis as well. Because the documents, the primary sources on this topic were so fragmentary, it’s a little hard to just sort of, you know, kind of write it as a book. There needed to be a way to juxtapose the past and the present in order to tell the story. CBH: That makes a lot of sense. No, it definitely works as a graphic novel. I was curious, because I think we don’t often see historical excavation, I think in comics, and this is a very personal story in many ways. When did you know, you wanted to incorporate as much of yourself in the work sort of illustrating the historical process? Dr. Rebecca Hall: So the research that I’m describing, that research process that’s described in Wake, occurred almost 18 years ago, when I was doing my dissertation, and then I published a couple, like, scholarly articles on the topic. So the historical research had been complete, long before I thought to create a graphic novel. I had no idea that my story was going to be, but when I sat down to create the graphic novel, I didn’t realize that my story was going to be as prominent as it was. It became clear right away that I needed myself as a narrator in order to deal with sort of the fragmentary nature of the primary sources. And as I was writing that, I realized the people needed to understand what my investment in this was. What’s the heart of the story? What like, drew me to this work? And also, I wanted people to understand what the historical research process was like, and the obstacles that I faced. But you know, it’s kind of one of those things where you plan to write run one thing, and then you end up writing something, maybe completely, not what you were expecting, right? Check out the audio podcast for the full interview! ——————————————————————————————————- Music for Best Comics Ever by Anthony Weis. Check out more music at anthonyweis.com. Subscribe on iTunes To learn how you can support Best Comics Ever and receive more exclusive content from Comic Book Herald, check out the

Marvel comics of 1991. The Muir Island Saga, and the relaunched X-Men and X-Factor! On this episode we cover the following issues (all available via Marvel Unlimited): Muir Island Saga Reading Order: Uncanny X-Men #278 to #279, X-Factor #69, uxm #280, xf to #70 X-Men #1 to #3 Claremont and Lee reach peak comics sales. The end of the Claremont era of X-men!! X-Factor #71 to #73 Peter David launches All-New All-Different X-Factor. I picked this over an Apocalypse epic! Up Next: My Marvelous Year – 1991 Pt. 7 Daredevil 288-291 Zack and Dave wear each other’s clothes. End of the Nocenti run. Deathlok (1991) 2 to 5 Mcduffie, Denys Cowan, and Doctor Doom is INVOLVED Avengers: Deathtrap – The Vault OGN Simple but I liked it? Shouts to my guy Danny Fingeroth Marvel Super Heroes #8 First Appearance of Squirrel Girl! Added by Patreon backer Johannes K.! You can find more Marvel Comics guides on Comic Book Herald at:—————————————————————————————————————— The Complete Marvel reading order mymarvelousyear.com Music for My Marvelous Year is credited to Disasterpeace. Support for My Marvelous Year comes via Patreon backers, for as little as $1 a month. Make sure to subscribe now in order to get every reading list for every year of Marvel Comics! Subscribe to the Podcast! — iTunes, Spotify, Pod Feed If you like the show, please consider leaving a rating or review on iTunes, or your podcast player of choice!, to help us reach more readers & listeners! The post 1991 Pt. 6: X-Men vs Shadow King! appeared first on Comic Book Herald.

Zack & Dave continue their coverage of the Ultimate Marvel line of comics! Topics discussed include: * Are we starting to feel the effects of the 10+ year Bendis run of USM? * Is Kitty/Peter a smart choice for the Ultimate Universe? * How do we give credit to By Divine Right for our theme music?! Comics covered in this episode: -Ultimate Spider-Man #78-85 -Ultimate Spider-Man Annual #1 -Ultimate X-Men #66-74 -Ultimate X-Men Annual #2 Up Next for Episode Fifteen (02/01/21): -Ultimate Spider-Man #86-96 -Ultimate Spider-Man Annual #2 -Ultimate X-Men / Fantastic Four #1 -Ultimate Fantastic Four/X-Men #2 -Ultimate Fantastic Four #27-32 -Ultimate Fantastic Four Annual #2 You can find more Marvel Comics guides on Comic Book Herald at: mymarvelousyear.com https://www.comicbookherald.com/the-complete-marvel-reading-order-guide/ultimate-marvel-universe-reading-order/ Music for My Ultimate Year is credited to By Divine Right. Support for My Marvelous Year comes via Patreon backers, for as little as $1 a month. Make sure to subscribe now in order to get every reading list for every year of Marvel Comics! Subscribe to the Podcast! — iTunes, Google Play If you like the show, please consider leaving a rating or review to help us reach more readers & listeners! The post MUY #14: Spidey & the X-Men! appeared first on Comic Book Herald.

This week on Creannotators, I talk with the I Walk With Monsters creative team about one of our favorite comics of 2021! We talk monster design, writing deeply personal horror metaphors, Sally & Dearbhla’s upcoming horror work with Peter Milligan, and much more! On Comic Book Herald’s ‘Creannotators’ I’ll be interviewing some of my favorite creators in comics about specific runs, graphic novels or series, looking for their insights on the inspirations behind the work and ideas or hidden material readers may have missed. Creannotators is an audio annotative guide to enjoying the intricacies and thinking in the art. Thanks for listening, and enjoy the comics! I Walk With Monsters Is: Writer: Paul Cornell Artist: Sally Cantirino Colors: Dearbhla Kelly Editor: Adrian Wassel Publisher: Vault Comics Selected portions of our conversation follow, and have been edited for clarity. CBH: Let’s start with you, Sally. One of the things that definitely hooked me first, with I walk with monsters was the monster design. It is not a traditional monster horror comic necessarily, and we’ll talk about that. But how do you determine the visuals for the designs of these monsters because they were very, very appealing and they very much pull you in? Sally Cantirino: Paul was very clear from the beginning that we weren’t drawing a traditional like werewolf. It’s not a werewolf. It doesn’t have that cultural baggage that comes with werewolf stories. It’s more of a shapeshifter it the monster is what David needs it to be and then later on, there has to be a similar but different monster. So I wanted to create something that had this staticky feel to it. Like the way that um, the way that the light looks at dusk or dawn, when your eyes are adjusting and things are sort of fuzzy, and staticky. Or, like it’s a blur in the corner of your vision. I wanted it to have this texture. CBH: Dearbhla there’s a looseness to the coloring of the monsters that I think helps them it makes them feel somewhat unknowable, which is always scarier. It’s like it could transform at any moment. How do you determine kind of your your palette and like your approach for these transformations, which again, like the book is very, it’s very non monster based. It’s very human centered and character focused. But then when you get these moments to explore and explode with color, like what’s what’s your approach there? Dearbhla Kelly: The monsters are this kind of big empty space in reality nearly so I kind of went for this very one color approach. I actually wanted to do something that’s extra where the colors bleed out from the edge of the monster and just kind of feel like the lights being sucked into them you know, like they’re pulling your eye to this darkness. This big kind of like, black holes, kind of monster. CBH: Paul, as far as this story goes, it’s, there’s clearly a very personal element to it. But then your writing is very understated throughout, what was the relationship like, with you in the creative team here in terms of working together to make sure that like, the story has clarity, even with less dialogue, with less exposition with those sorts of things? How was that process for you? Paul Cornell: Well, it’s been one of the best creative partnerships I’ve ever been involved with. With this amazing team. When one is writing something so very personal, it’s actually just the best possible luck to find people who can add so much to the material. And who seemed to have an implicit understanding of the material. So many times I find myself taking dialogue out because Sally could do it with the acting. And one of the reasons the book is so stripped down, is because the acting is so great. Check out the audio podcast for the full interview! ——————————————————————————————————- Music for Best Comics Ever by Anthony Weis. Check out more music at anthonyweis.com. Subscribe on iTunes To learn how you can support Best Comics Ever and receive more exclusive content from Comic Book Herald, check out the Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/comicbookherald For the Comic Book Herald reading club through every year of Marvel Comics, check out mymarvelousyear.com The post Creannotators #53: “I Walk With Monsters” w/ Paul Cornell, Sally Cantirino, & Dearbhla Kelly appeared first on Comic Book Herald.

Marvel comics of 1991. Jim Starlin & Ron Lim’s Silver Surfer setting up… The Infinity Gauntlet!!! Our guest today is Matt Draper. Find more from Matt: On Twitter On this episode we cover the following issues (all available via Marvel Unlimited): Silver Surfer #44 to #50 Infinity Gauntlet #1 to #6 Starlin! Reading Order will provide all the tie-ins, but you can largely read Infinity Gauntlet as is. Matt Draper Guesting! Up Next: My Marvelous Year – 1991 Pt. 6 Muir Island Saga Reading Order: Uncanny X-Men #278 to #279, X-Factor #69, uxm #280, xf to #70 X-Men #1 to #3 Claremont and Lee reach peak comics sales. The end of the Claremont era of X-men!! X-Factor #71 to #73 Peter David launches All-New All-Different X-Factor. I picked this over an Apocalypse epic! You can find more Marvel Comics guides on Comic Book Herald at:—————————————————————————————————————— The Complete Marvel reading order mymarvelousyear.com Music for My Marvelous Year is credited to Disasterpeace. Support for My Marvelous Year comes via Patreon backers, for as little as $1 a month. Make sure to subscribe now in order to get every reading list for every year of Marvel Comics! Subscribe to the Podcast! — iTunes, Spotify, Pod Feed If you like the show, please consider leaving a rating or review on iTunes, or your podcast player of choice!, to help us reach more readers & listeners! The post 1991 Pt. 5: Infinity Gauntlet Event (w/ guest Matt Draper)! appeared first on Comic Book Herald.

This week on Creannotators, I talk with Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles writer and artist Sophie Campbell! We talk all things “Turtles Reborn,” how long Sophie’s planning to stay in the Turtle-verse, the debut of Tokka and Rahzar in the IDW Ninja Turtles comics, and creator-owned works like Shadoweyes! On Comic Book Herald’s ‘Creannotators’ I’ll be interviewing some of my favorite creators in comics about specific runs, graphic novels or series, looking for their insights on the inspirations behind the work and ideas or hidden material readers may have missed. Creannotators is an audio annotative guide to enjoying the intricacies and thinking in the art. Thanks for listening, and enjoy the comics! Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Is: Writer: Sophie Campbell Artists: Sophie Campbell, Ronda Pattison, Jodi Nishijima Story: Kevin Eastman Editor: Bobby Curnow Publisher: IDW Comics Selected portions of our conversation follow, and have been edited for clarity. CBH: First question I have for you is I was reading up on some interviews you had done in the past. And one was in the comics journal circa like 2016, you mentioned that you were offered ongoing artwork as the artists with the turtles, but that you felt like you were maybe too much of a fan. Like you’d be too invested. And I’m curious now that you’re doing it: What changed? Sophie Campbell: Before the northhampton Ark, back then, you know, Tom waltz was still, you know, doing his thing, but they offered me like a full run doing the art. I can’t remember what like, if it was just one story arc or what. But, yeah, I said no, because the Leonardo micro issue, which was the first one I did in like, 2011, it was just like, it was a real ordeal for me. Yeah, I think everybody was kind of just like, you know, walking on eggshells a little bit. And, you know, every fan has, like, their own idea of like, what the characters are going to be and what they’re going to look like. I like the turtles with tails, like in Mirage; Everybody has their own idea. And, you know, being a fan, you know, I went into it, like, Okay, I’m just gonna draw the turtles, like how I do in my fan art all the time, or whatever, without kind of any regard for what [others were doing] and that kind of stuff. That was no good. I drew them kind of shortened stumpy. And, you know, they’re, like, the turtles are a little too short. You know, could you make them a little bigger? This really minor stuff that like, nowadays would be like, no problem, like, sure. Taller turtles. You got it? But like, at the time, you know, it was like, my first full turtles issue that I’d ever done. So I was just like, Okay, this is it, it has to be the best. That’s the like, you know, like, this is what I’ve been waiting for since I was a child, you know? Mentally I was just like, losing sleep over it and stuff like that. Like, it’s too much. You know, I was too invested. And when they offered me like a bigger job, I was just like, I can’t imagine doing like, you know, say 12 issues of like, you know, like take that Leonardo experience and multiply it by 12. I don’t know if I can handle that emotionally, it’s a little too much. So I said no. And, um, you know, they managed to get me back for northampton, which was great. Things loosened up, everybody kind of loosened up. And, you know, there were a lot less notes that I would get back, you know, approval process was like, you know, in the old days, it was just like this hair pulling process or whatever. But nowadays, it’s like, you know, no problem, approval process, no big deal. And I think that was a lot of it, where, you know, they let me spread my wings more. And also, you know, I’m, like, 10 years older, I’m, like, more jaded, I guess, in the industry. And, you know, I like to think I’m more flexible now. You know, if my editor is like, you know, this one thing isn’t quite working. I’ll be like, sure, fine. Let’s change it. No big deal. Yeah. My editor Bobby, his best piece of advice was don’t sweat the small stuff. And at the time, I was just like, That’s insane. The small stuff is important. But like nowadays, I’m like, yeah, you know, don’t sweat the small stuff. Sure. I changed as a person and a creator. And, you know, it’s just yeah, it just felt it felt right. To do it. And, yeah, um, I actually had said, no, when Bobby offered me to take over writing at first. I was like, wow, that sounds like a lot of stress. I was working on another book at the time. I was like, Yeah, I kind of want to finish this, this other book. And then, you know, I slept on it, you know, for like, a day or so. And I was like, Yeah, I should really do that. That sounds great. And then, you know, luckily the position was still available. Because it was pretty early on. And, you know, it’s been great. C

Zack & Dave cover your questions as we read through the Marvel Comics of 1991! Topics discussed include: Listener questions! Find the MMY shared universe Wiki here: https://my-marvelous-year.fandom.com/wiki/Category:Patron_characters Up Next: My Marvelous Year – 1991 Pt. 5 — Silver Surfer #44 to #50 Infinity Gauntlet #1 to #6 Starlin! Reading Order will provide all the tie-ins, but you can largely read Infinity Gauntlet as is. Matt Draper Guesting! ————————————————————————————– You can find more Marvel Comics guides on Comic Book Herald at: mymarvelousyear.com https://www.comicbookherald.com/the-complete-marvel-reading-order-guide/ Music for My Marvelous Year is credited to Disasterpeace. Support for My Marvelous Year comes via Patreon backers, for as little as $1 a month. Make sure to subscribe now in order to get every reading list for every year of Marvel Comics! Subscribe to the Podcast! — iTunes, Google Play, Pod Feed If you like the show, please consider leaving a rating or review on iTunes, or your podcast player of choice!, to help us reach more readers & listeners! The post 1991 Variant Cover B: Definitive Runs For Every MCU Avenger! appeared first on Comic Book Herald.

Krakin’ Krakoa live with Verno from the Cerebros podcast and Ernie from Blerd Without Fear! We talk all things X-Men comics, including Planet-Size X-Men #1 and tons of theories about what’s to come! Blerd Without Fear The Cerebros ——————————————————————————————————- Music for Best Comics Ever by Anthony Weis. Check out more music at anthonyweis.com. Subscribe on iTunes To learn how you can support Best Comics Ever and receive more exclusive content from Comic Book Herald, check out the Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/comicbookherald For the Comic Book Herald reading club through every year of Marvel Comics, check out mymarvelousyear.com The post Planet-Size X-Men Post-Game Review (Live w/ Blerd Without Fear and The Cerebros)! appeared first on Comic Book Herald.

This week on Creannotators, I talk with New Mutants artist Rod Reis on a special Creannotators/Krakin’ Krakoa crossover! We talk all things Krakoa, differences working with writers like Jonathan Hickman and Vita Ayala, and what’s to come from the Shadow King! On Comic Book Herald’s ‘Creannotators’ I’ll be interviewing some of my favorite creators in comics about specific runs, graphic novels or series, looking for their insights on the inspirations behind the work and ideas or hidden material readers may have missed. Creannotators is an audio annotative guide to enjoying the intricacies and thinking in the art. Thanks for listening, and enjoy the comics! New Mutants Is: Writer: Vita Ayala Illustrator: Rod Reis Publisher: Marvel Comics ——————————————————————————————————- Music for Best Comics Ever by Anthony Weis. Check out more music at anthonyweis.com. Subscribe on iTunes To learn how you can support Best Comics Ever and receive more exclusive content from Comic Book Herald, check out the Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/comicbookherald For the Comic Book Herald reading club through every year of Marvel Comics, check out mymarvelousyear.com The post Creannotators #51: “New Mutants” with Artist Rod Reis! appeared first on Comic Book Herald.

Marvel comics of 1991. Barry Windsor-Smith’s Weapon X and then Larry Hama Wolverine returns to Weapon X! Our guest today is Jeremy Greer. Find more from Jeremy: On Twitter On this episode we cover the following issues (all available via Marvel Unlimited): Marvel Comics Presents / Wolverine #72 to #84 / #48 to #50 Barry-Windsor Smith’s Weapon X, my favorite Wolverine comic of all time. Followed up by Larry Hama on Wolverine! Up Next: My Marvelous Year – 1991 Pt. 5 Silver Surfer #44 to #50 Infinity Gauntlet #1 to #6 Starlin! Reading Order will provide all the tie-ins, but you can largely read Infinity Gauntlet as is. Matt Draper Guesting! —————————————————————————————————————— You can find more Marvel Comics guides on Comic Book Herald at: The Complete Marvel reading order mymarvelousyear.com Music for My Marvelous Year is credited to Disasterpeace. Support for My Marvelous Year comes via Patreon backers, for as little as $1 a month. Make sure to subscribe now in order to get every reading list for every year of Marvel Comics! Subscribe to the Podcast! — iTunes, Spotify, Pod Feed If you like the show, please consider leaving a rating or review on iTunes, or your podcast player of choice!, to help us reach more readers & listeners! The post 1991 Pt. 4: Weapon X Wolverine (w/ guest Jeremy Greer)! appeared first on Comic Book Herald.

Marvel comics of 1991. New Mutants ends, Deadpool begins, and X-Force by Rob Liefeld & Fabian Nicieza is here! Our guest today is Jeremy Greer. Find more from Jeremy: On Twitter On this episode we cover the following issues (all available via Marvel Unlimited): New Mutants #98, #99, #100 Deadpool is here. X-Force / Spider-Man / X-Force #1 to #3 / #16 / #4 New X-team! Spidey read after X-Force #3, not super necessary but gives you McFarlane art. Up Next: My Marvelous Year – 1991 Pt. 4 Marvel Comics Presents / Wolverine #72 to #84 / #48 to #50 Barry-Windsor Smith’s Weapon X, my favorite Wolverine comic of all time. Followed up by Larry Hama on Wolverine! —————————————————————————————————————— You can find more Marvel Comics guides on Comic Book Herald at: The Complete Marvel reading order mymarvelousyear.com Music for My Marvelous Year is credited to Disasterpeace. Support for My Marvelous Year comes via Patreon backers, for as little as $1 a month. Make sure to subscribe now in order to get every reading list for every year of Marvel Comics! Subscribe to the Podcast! — iTunes, Spotify, Pod Feed If you like the show, please consider leaving a rating or review on iTunes, or your podcast player of choice!, to help us reach more readers & listeners! The post 1991 Pt. 3: X-FORCE (w/ guest Jeremy Greer)! appeared first on Comic Book Herald.

This week on Creannotators, I talk with comics legend – seriously he’s one of my favorite creators of all time! – Jim Starlin and inker Jaime Jameson about the upcoming Dreadstar Returns, an all-new graphic novel from Ominous Press. We talk about the team’s approach to relaunching the Dreadstar universe, why Starlin continues to escalate cosmic stakes in work on Thanos and now Dreadstar, and whether Marvel Studios has appropriately compensated Starlin for his many Marvel Cosmic creations, including Thanos, Drax, Gamora, & Shang-Chi (among many more!). On Comic Book Herald’s ‘Creannotators’ I’ll be interviewing some of my favorite creators in comics about specific runs, graphic novels or series, looking for their insights on the inspirations behind the work and ideas or hidden material readers may have missed. Creannotators is an audio annotative guide to enjoying the intricacies and thinking in the art. Thanks for listening, and enjoy the comics! Dreadstar Returns is: Creator: Jim Starlin Inker: Jaime Jameson Publisher: Ominous Press Dreadstar Reading Order! The easiest way to collect Starlin’s complete Dreadstar in order is through the Kickstarted Omnibus editions released by Ominous Press in 2020. Dreadstar Omnibus Vol. 1 Collects: Metamorphosis Odyssey, The Price, Dreadstar Graphic Novel #1, Dreadstar in Epic Illustrated #15, Dreadstar #1 to #8 Dreadstar Omnibus Vol. 2 Collects: Dreadstar #9 to #24 Dreadstar Omnibus Vol. 3 Collects: Dreadstar #25 to #40 If you’re reading via back issues like myself, you’ll want to follow the following order! Metamorphosis Odyssey The Price Dreadstar Graphic Novel #1 (This doubles as Marvel Original Graphic Novel #3) Dreadstar in Epic Illustrated This is probably the hardest to track down – at least that has been my experience – as there’s a short story in the pages of Epic Illustrated #15 by Starlin including Dreadstar and Darklock that sets the stage for the ongoing to follow. Dreadstar #1 to #40 After Starlin’s final issue (at the time), Peter David took over writing Dreadstar from issue #41 to #64, when the series ended in 1991. To my knowledge, these are uncollected, and only available via back issues. Dreadstar Returns OGN ——————————————————————————————————- Music for Best Comics Ever by Anthony Weis. Check out more music at anthonyweis.com. Subscribe on iTunes To learn how you can support Best Comics Ever and receive more exclusive content from Comic Book Herald, check out the Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/comicbookherald For the Comic Book Herald reading club through every year of Marvel Comics, check out mymarvelousyear.com The post Creannotators #50: “Dreadstar Returns” with Creator Jim Starlin & Inker Jaime Jameson! appeared first on Comic Book Herald.

Zack & Dave continue their coverage of the Ultimate Marvel line of comics! Topics discussed include: * Why is Ultimate Gah Lak Tus such a disappointment? * What even is Miller’s sense of humor? * Could 2020 Marvel get away with killing a U.S. first lady? Comics covered in this episode: -Ultimate Extinction #1-5 -Ultimates (v2) #6-13 -Ultimate Wolverine vs. Hulk #1-6 Up Next for Episode Fourteen: -Ultimate Spider-Man #78-85 -Ultimate Spider-Man Annual #1 -Ultimate X-Men #66-74 -Ultimate X-Men Annual #2 You can find more Marvel Comics guides on Comic Book Herald at: mymarvelousyear.com https://www.comicbookherald.com/the-complete-marvel-reading-order-guide/ultimate-marvel-universe-reading-order/ Music for My Ultimate Year is credited to By Divine Right. Support for My Marvelous Year comes via Patreon backers, for as little as $1 a month. Make sure to subscribe now in order to get every reading list for every year of Marvel Comics! Subscribe to the Podcast! — iTunes, Google Play If you like the show, please consider leaving a rating or review to help us reach more readers & listeners! The post MUY #13: Ultimate Gah Lak Tus! Wolverine vs Hulk! Ultimates v2! appeared first on Comic Book Herald.

Zack & Dave cover your questions as we read through the Marvel Comics of 1991! Topics discussed include: Listener questions! What did we think of the Eternals trailer, what Marvel characters do we NOT want to see in the MCU, how do we feel about the burst of “indie” comics adaptations, and more! Find the MMY shared universe Wiki here: https://my-marvelous-year.fandom.com/wiki/Category:Patron_characters Up Next: My Marvelous Year – 1991 Pt. 3 — X-Tinction Agenda Reading Order: ————————————————————————————– You can find more Marvel Comics guides on Comic Book Herald at: mymarvelousyear.com https://www.comicbookherald.com/the-complete-marvel-reading-order-guide/ Music for My Marvelous Year is credited to Disasterpeace. Support for My Marvelous Year comes via Patreon backers, for as little as $1 a month. Make sure to subscribe now in order to get every reading list for every year of Marvel Comics! Subscribe to the Podcast! — iTunes, Google Play, Pod Feed If you like the show, please consider leaving a rating or review on iTunes, or your podcast player of choice!, to help us reach more readers & listeners! The post 1991 Variant Cover A: Eternals in the MCU & Comics Adaptations! appeared first on Comic Book Herald.

X-Men: Curse of the Man-Thing is the finale of a three part “Curse of the Man-Thing” miniseries, spanning the worlds of Marvel’s Avengers, Spider-Man, and now X-Men. In “Curse of the Man-Thing” the adopted niece of Hordeculture – remember them? – is magically manipulating the abilities of the Man-Thing so the entire world, and possibly multiverse, always remember that whatever knows fear BURNS AT THE MAN-THING’S Touch! Today I’ll Answer: + What does the Man-Thing have to do with Krakoa and the X-Men? + Who is on Magik’s new X-Men team, the Dark Riders? + What happens to Hordeculture here that might have major ramifications for the Hickman era of X-Men? Writer: Steve Orlando Artist: Andrea Broccardo Colorors: Guru-eFX Throughout the Avengers and Spider-Man first two issues, with a full story broken into 9 chapters, we see plant-like growths effectively disrupting and exploding across the world, with Man-Thing’s fear-burning powers amplified on a worldwide scale. Overall, I enjoyed the story more than expected, not because I don’t like Orlando’s work (I do, a lot!) but because I’m not usually that into much post-Steve Gerber 70’s Man-Thing. Ted Sallis, the original Man-Thing, has his abilities manipulated here by Harrower, again we’ll talk about her connections to Hordeculture here shortly, and throughout the story is visited by a wide array of Marvel heroes inside his “Man-Thing-Scape” (there is no better way to say that, you’ll just have to trust me) such as Captain America, Spider-Man, and Magik. Meanwhile on Krakoa, “The human world burns while Krakoa suffers nothing more than a new hedge piece.” Krakoa is uniquely positioned to manage these plant-based uprisings, so Krakoa is perfectly safe. Magneto, and the Winter Council, are all satisfied to let the world burn, but Storm does the X-Men heroism thing, before we officially have our “heroic duty” X-Men officially protecting the world after the Hellfire Gala announcement, and the new ongoing of a relaunched X-Men from Gerry Duggan and Pepe Larraz. Now as Krakoa is deciding to, once again after King in Black, show up to save the day for humanity, Ted Sallis wrestles with the truth of his turn into the Man-Thing. He tells Captain America the Man-Thing experiments that turned him into Not-Swamp-Thing were meant to replicate the Super-Soldier formula, and reveals as the story progresses that Sallis’ science couldn’t actually crack the formula. Instead he turned to dark magics, bringing our good creepy pal, Belasco, then ruler of Limbo, later to be replaced by Illyana Rasputin into the picture. So Man-Thing made a deal with the devil – of sorts – which, yes, gives the Marvel Universe Man-Thing, but more dramatically unleashed the interdimensional magic that opened a portal in space-time and created the Nexus of All Realities. Ok, this is new, and kind of a big deal! What’s the Nexus of All Realities? Ok, from the Wiki “a cross-dimensional gateway which provides a pathway to any and all possible realities.” Man-Thing’s guardianship, and connection to the Nexus was generally a mystery up to this point. Who are the Dark Riders? Magik Marrow – Throws sharp bones out of her body and is extremely sarcastic w/ a devil may care attitude. For more, I recommend Si Spurrier’s run on X-Force Shark-Girl – Really fun newer character, who – get this – looks like a shark! I liked her character in the Ed Brisson written Old Man Logan believe it or not. Forearm – OG Mutant Liberation Front, and probably the best pun name Rob Liefeld ever gave a character. Intriguingly, also a part of SWORD’s security division. Mammomax – Big strong Elephant bro and former Brotherhood of Evil Mutants. Fights Juggernaut in one of the less very bad Chuck Austen written Uncanny X-Men stories! Wolf Cub – Debuted in the never-discussed early aughts Chamber mini written by Brian K. Vaughan. I’ll admit my general knowledge of Wolf Cub is “Not Wolfsbane or Feral,” but the character’s had a decent role in the Yost/kyle New X-Men days, and Young X-Men afterwards. The Original Dark Riders debuted in X-Factor #65 to #69, aka the Jim Lee, Whilce Portacio, and Chris Claremont issues where Apocalypse kidnaps baby Nathan Summers and Jean and Scott are forced to give him up to the future to save him from the techno-organic virus. I had read this story for My Marvelous Year podcast like days before writing this video, and I still didn’t remember any of their names, so the Dark Riders weren’t exactly primo Apocalypse horsemen material. The Return of Hordeculture Looking a bit more closely at our antagonist, Harrower has been raised and trained by Hordeculture, the ecoterrorists introduced in Hickman’s X-Men #3, and shown again in Empyre: X-Men, making this Hordeculture’s 3rd appearance. Harrower refers to her “Aunt Augusta,” but is clearly at odds with the groups mandate to protect the biome above all else, wishing they would go further in their stated goals, effectively wiping humanity from the Earth. Think

Marvel comics of 1991. Venom returns, Thunderstrike enters town, & Simonson writes Dave’s favorite Doctor Doom vs Reed Richards throwdown! On this episode we cover the following issues (all available via Marvel Unlimited): Amazing Spider-Man #345 to #347 Dope Venom covers. Fantastic Four #347 to #349, #350, #352 World’s weirdest Fantastic Four, then the return of Doom Thor #432 to #433 There’s a new Thor in town. Up Next: My Marvelous Year – 1991 Pt. 3 Marvel Comics Presents / Wolverine #72 to #84 / #48 to #50 Barry-Windsor Smith’s Weapon X, my favorite Wolverine comic of all time. Followed up by Larry Hama on Wolverine! —————————————————————————————————————— You can find more Marvel Comics guides on Comic Book Herald at: The Complete Marvel reading order mymarvelousyear.com Music for My Marvelous Year is credited to Disasterpeace. Support for My Marvelous Year comes via Patreon backers, for as little as $1 a month. Make sure to subscribe now in order to get every reading list for every year of Marvel Comics! Subscribe to the Podcast! — iTunes, Spotify, Pod Feed If you like the show, please consider leaving a rating or review on iTunes, or your podcast player of choice!, to help us reach more readers & listeners! The post 1991 Pt. 2: Venom, Thunderstrike, & Doom vs Richards! appeared first on Comic Book Herald.

From the unforgettable Dave Cockrum design to the swashbuckling heart of the X-Men in the pages of Chris Claremont and company’s comics, Nightcrawler has long been my favorite mutant. I remain elated by the opening sequence of Nightcrawler in X2: X-Men United, and forever lament the character’s general absence in the 90s animated series. As the character develops in comics, Kurt Wagner’s Christianity becomes a more integral part of his story, not quite as integral as say Daredevil’s Catholicism, or even Kamala Khan’s Islamic faith, but certainly notable among the X-Men. Today I’ll Answer: What has Nightcrawler’s religion looked like through comics history? Is there space for Christianity on Krakoa? What does this history tell us about what to expect in 2021’s Way of X and beyond? In the present, Nightcrawler’s role as the religious thinker among Krakoa’s Quiet Council of mutant leaders leads into the new series, Way of X, in which Kurt’s quest for a mutant religion and finding meaning in this new era of mutantkind takes the forefront. I find it interesting to contemplate how Kurt’s Christianity has progressed through the decades, where it’s lead to, and what it means now for the Hickman era of X-Men comics. The first time we really see Nightcrawler’s religion comes during the original Brood Saga, by Chris Claremont and Paul Smith, particularly in Uncanny X-Men #164. Wolverine observes Nightcrawler praying – in Latin no less – and is surprised. It’s a really beautiful moment of developing friendship, as Logan and Kurt briefly examine their diametrically opposed views on finding comfort in religion, with Kurt lamenting how alone Wolverine must feel, and Wolvy saying “I ain’t alone, bub, I got you.” Crawler’s religion resurfaces significantly during the Uncanny X-Men tie-ins with Secret Wars II (an atrocious Marvel event that disgraces the Secret Wars name, but Claremont is one of the original tie-in masters). Secret Wars II focuses on the nigh all powerful Beyonder coming to Earth, and for the X-Men this leads to events like a showdown with Rachel Summers, Phoenix, and the Beyonder unmaking the New Mutant kids basically on a whim. Following a confrontation with the Beyonder, Nightcrawler, then leader of the X-men, literally flees to church to talk to his priest: “I need to talk Michael, or I shall go mad. I fear have beheld the face of God – only to discover that he is a monster.” It’s an interesting conversation because in the Marvel Universe beholding literal gods is very much a possibility! Kurt mentions as much, but notes that in comparison to the Beyonder they are as nothing. The Beyonder’s god-like powers, the absolute omnipotence of them, really makes Kurt question his faith, and in the absence of that faith, he can’t help but sink into utter despair. I find this whole thread fascinating because growing up with religion, there are a lot of parallels and metaphors that make Nightcrawler’s relationship to God relatable. Drawing strength from prayer in moments of strife, resolving oneself to faith in a higher unknowable power for security… I get that. But when you start to work that relatable situation up against the flippin’ Beyonder, the parallels wash right out the door. In my day to day, the closest I’ve come to seeing the face of God is standing next to Patrick Ewing at an airport urinal. Not quite the same. This definitely highlights one of the challenges with traditional religions in our world as carried through to the Marvel Universe: the sheer amount of cosmic and supernatural miracles heroes encounter over decades of storytelling. It makes me think of Daredevil in War of the Realms quite literally transformed into a God, and then returning heavily to his Catholic guilt and roots in the pages of the Chip Zdarsky written Daredevil shortly thereafter. Or of Reed Richards somewhat famously espousing a version of atheism or agnosticism to his children in the Matt Fraction written Fantastic Four, in a world where the Fantastic Four literally traveled to Heaven to bring Ben Grimm back to life in the Mark Waid and Mike Wieringo run. Appropriately, The Beyonder *really* shakes up Nightcrawler. “Thanks to the Beyonder all the things that had meaning for me – that gave my existence purpose – are todt! dead! destroyed! I don’t know who I am anymore Amanda, or even why I am!” This is a recurring theme for me with Nightcrawler, and one of the things I admire most about his character, in that Nightcrawler is a Christian who questions. He’s a character with a tremendously empathetic heart, and a deep curiosity to explore and question the dogma and unwavering rigidity that can accompany the worst examples of religious manifestation. Nightcrawler *doubts*, and given everything he’s experienced, he sho

This week on Creannotators, I talk with creator Juni Ba about his upcoming graphic novel Djeliya from TKO Studios! We talk about the West African folklore’s influence, inspiration from Samurai Jack to Disney’s Atlantis to Mike Mignola’s Hellboy, and themes of hidden or omitted national histories, among much more. On Comic Book Herald’s ‘Creannotators’ I’ll be interviewing some of my favorite creators in comics about specific runs, graphic novels or series, looking for their insights on the inspirations behind the work and ideas or hidden material readers may have missed. Creannotators is an audio annotative guide to enjoying the intricacies and thinking in the art. Thanks for listening, and enjoy the comics! Djeliya is: Creator: Juni Ba Publisher: TKO Studios ——————————————————————————————————- Music for Best Comics Ever by Anthony Weis. Check out more music at anthonyweis.com. Subscribe on iTunes To learn how you can support Best Comics Ever and receive more exclusive content from Comic Book Herald, check out the Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/comicbookherald For the Comic Book Herald reading club through every year of Marvel Comics, check out mymarvelousyear.com The post Creannotators #48: “Djeliya” with Creator Juni Ba! appeared first on Comic Book Herald.

Marvel comics of 1991. The X-Men in “X-Tinction Agenda” from Claremont, Jim Lee, Rob Liefeld, Louis Simonson, and more! On this episode we cover the following issues (all available via Marvel Unlimited): X-Tinction Agenda Reading Order Up Next: My Marvelous Year – 1991 Pt. 2 Amazing Spider-Man #345 to #347 Dope Venom covers. Fantastic Four #347 to #349, #350, #352 World’s weirdest Fantastic Four, then the return of Doom Thor #432 to #433 There’s a new Thor in town. —————————————————————————————————————— You can find more Marvel Comics guides on Comic Book Herald at: The Complete Marvel reading order mymarvelousyear.com Music for My Marvelous Year is credited to Disasterpeace. Support for My Marvelous Year comes via Patreon backers, for as little as $1 a month. Make sure to subscribe now in order to get every reading list for every year of Marvel Comics! Subscribe to the Podcast! — iTunes, Spotify, Pod Feed If you like the show, please consider leaving a rating or review on iTunes, or your podcast player of choice!, to help us reach more readers & listeners! The post 1991 Pt. 1: X-Men X-Tinction Agenda! appeared first on Comic Book Herald.